Meadham Kirchhoff Blooms

THE Meadham Kirchhoff duo, Ed and Ben respectively, have turned their hand to floristry. As part of Topshop's current secret store initiative, the designers teamed up with Niki Tibbles of Wild At Heart to create beautiful floral creations - single stem flowers tied with Meadham Kirchhoff ribbon and little toy trinkets, and bunches of flowers in hand-painted pots or glittered jars.

SEE THEM HERE "I've always hated the idea of floral trends, so the whole idea of the store was to bring colours and flowers together in combinations that you don't really see anymore. We wanted the feel of the store to be open and unthreatening, and we also worked hard with Wild at Heart to make sure all the flowers and potted plants were really affordable," Kirchhoff tells us of the creations, which start at £2. "The idea was an evolution really. I've always picked flowers from public and front gardens and put them together at home. A friend who worked at Topshop encouraged me to make a bigger thing of it and when we started working with Wild At Heart for spring/summer 2010 and it seemed a logical pairing. I have always wanted to have a flower/plant living/dying element about our first store when we open it," says Kirchhoff, who has spent his days at Covent Garden flower market sourcing the blooms, while Ed got to work painting the pots and jars in the studio. What is Kirchhoff's favourite flower? "I truly have none - I like all the flowers in the store we created. I can tell you which flowers I don't like though. I'm not fond of daffodils, but I can appreciate their really annoying cheerfulness," he says. The flowers are available to buy in Topshop's secret store now which, as we turn the corner of spring into summer, makes them a must-buy. Pick them before they go. www.topshop.com